Posted by Johnnie Sanchez on 2015-07-21 A Lot of Engineers Are Pissed at Apple’s HomeKit Right Now Lloyd Alter compares the current SHaaS market to the days before the iPod in this insightful article: “With devices using different formats for connection, terrible interface design and complex setups...it’s still at the nerd level, and people are having trouble figuring out what it can do for them.” Alter then goes on to write about Apple’s HomeKit, and why it’s taking them so long to get it to market. Ever the control-freak, Apple is making all of the IoT companies comply with their technological demands such as Apple-certified chips and firmware, Kieren McCarthy writes. So a lot of engineers are having to reconstruct their entire...
Posted by Johnnie Sanchez on 2015-08-08 AMX Acquires SVSi Many SVSi dealers were surprised to see the company’s name above AMX’s booth at this year’s InfoComm. SVSi is based out of Huntsville, AL. *From Commercial Integrator, August 2015 Pizza Hut Has Created a Disposable Projector businessinsider.com Pizza Hut...
Posted by Johnnie Sanchez on 2015-08-30 AMX CEO, Rashid Skaf, Resigns Harman’s VP of Global Marketing, Erik Tarkiainen Skaf, leaked the resignation of Rashid Skaf to rAVe. Mr. Skaf was the CEO of AMX and left his position on Friday, 2015-08-28. GitHub Names Kakul Srivastava VP of Product Previously Srivastava worked at Yahoo for seven years, eventually becoming an Executive. She then worked at Slack and launched Tomfoolery. “With so many using GitHub, there’s significant wisdom built in to all of that collaboration,” she said. “We want to use that to make the system better for programmers, but also to launch new things that haven’t existed before.” Click to see on machine sensor values in real time via iPad Google Launches Smart Home Hub...
Posted by Johnnie Sanchez on 2015-09-04 Karlie Kloss is fashion’s it girl. You might recognize her as a Victoria Secret’s model, or as Taylor Swift’s bff. But she’s also dedicated to education. After attending the Flatiron School in New York last summer, Karlie Kloss knew she wanted to reach young girls and help them learn to code. This summer she partnered with Flatiron in doing just that. The Kode With Karlie scholarship gave full tuition aid to 20 girls, ages 13-18, who attended this summer. She is now the face of a new Marc Fisher collection that will give $20 per purchase towards the KwK scholarship. In an interview with Glamour, Karlie said: Coding is the way our world is built. Whether...
Posted by Johnnie Sanchez on 2015-09-04 The Future of Integration In this article, Ruth writes about AV/IT convergence, and how jobs have been replaced by textile machines among others. With Crestron’s Pyng and other self programming systems making the market more saturated, should programmers worry? Yes and no, according to Ruth. Whatever it is you’re selling, you’re ultimately selling how you feel about it. Sell yourself, and how this product makes you feel and think. Ruth believes that if we get automated out of our jobs, the rest of the world will be automated out too. What is This Twitter Thing? Blevins has written a very basic guide to what twitter is, and how you can sign up and use it. Crestron Introduces Copper...
